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| | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. Comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | As a global financial services company which is heavily dependent on rapidly developing technology, American Express has a great interest in antitrust enforcement that ensures that our industry is free to thrive, unfettered by restrictions established by the vast bankcard joint ventures that dominate our industry and threaten to stifle competition and innovation. |
 | | Globally, the significant charge card networks are Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club (which is owned and operated by Citicorp, a member of both Visa and MasterCard), Japanese Credit Bureau ("JCB") and American Express. |
 | | Utilizing the benefits of this "closed loop network", American Express is able to match merchants with their cardholder customers and to make offers to cardholders that, based on prior behavior, the cardholder is likely to find attractive. |
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